David Swallow is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er for the Gold Coast Football Club. He was the number one draft pick in the 2010 AFL Draft

2010 AFL Draft

The 2010 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2010/11 Australian Football League off-season. These are the Trade Week; held between , the National Draft; held on the , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft .This is the first national draft to feature the...

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In 2010, despite not yet being drafted by an AFL team, the Gold Coast Suns were permitted to allow Swallow to play with the side in the VFL

Victorian Football League

The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

. This meant that the club were enforced to select Swallow before another team had a pick in the draft

2010 AFL Draft

The 2010 AFL Draft consists of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2010/11 Australian Football League off-season. These are the Trade Week; held between , the National Draft; held on the , the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft .This is the first national draft to feature the...

 (a minimum of pick 3). However, it was widely assumed that Swallow would be taken with the 1st overall pick of the 2010 Draft, which was confirmed on 19 November.

Swallow is the younger brother of North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

 player and 2009 Syd Barker Medal

Syd Barker Medal

The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Trophy....

list Andrew Swallow

Andrew Swallow

Andrew Swallow is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the North Melbourne Football Club.-Recruitment:He was North Melbourne's second round draft selection in the 2005 AFL Draft, number 43 overall, from the East Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL.-2006: Debut:He received a...

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Junior career

Swallow was named on the half-back line of the 2009 Under-18 All Australian team as a 16-year-old. Swallow was also awarded the Larke Medal as the National Under-18 Competition's best player.

AFL career

Swallow was part of the inaugural Gold Coast Suns team which played against in round 2 of the 2011 AFL season

2011 AFL season

The 2011 Australian Football League season was the 115th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the debut year for , and was scheduled to be the only season to be played with 17 teams...

. He was also part of the first victory against Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide is a suburb of Adelaide lying about 14 kilometres northwest of the City of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield and is the main port for the city of Adelaide...

 in round 5. After a 21-possession, 2-goal performance against the in round 14, Swallow was nominated for the 2011 AFL Rising Star

2011 AFL Rising Star

The AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League. The 2011 Ron Evans Medal will be awarded to one of the 24 nominees. The 2011 award was won by Dyson Heppell of the Essendon Football Club....

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